Basic

Iterator
Generates design iterations from a
collection of sliders, panels, or valueLists.

Basic
Parameter
Collects design parameters (us engineer types
would call these ‘performance metrics’) to chart
in Design Explorer. These will be the vertical
axes to the far right on the parallel coordinates
plot, next to the design inputs. These values
should describe the characteristics of a single
design iteration.
You can also combine this output as a static
gene in Genome.

Basic
Aggregator
Aggregates design data, images & Spectacles
models into a data.csv file (and corresponding
data set that data.csv links to) that Design
Explorer can open.

Advanced
Img Setting
Defines how Colibri generates images during
flights. You can specify which viewport[s] to
capture, and the resolution of the image.

Advanced
Selection
Generates an iteration selection for the Colibri
Iterator. This allows you to iterate over a subset
of the design space instead of taking every
step along every slider/dropdown/panel.

Use ‘Divisions’ to define granularity - how many

steps to take on any given input.
Use ‘Domain’ to break the design space up
into chunks that can be solved in parallel on
different machines.
 Basic

1 2 3 4 ...... 97 98 99 100

Collection “A“
100 items
100 x 50 = 5,000 total Iterations

1 2 3 4 ...... 47 48 49 50

Collection “B“
50 items
 Advanced Selection // Divisions

1 2 3 4 ... 50 ... 97 98 99 100

Collection “A“
100 items
3 items SELECTED 3x5= 15 Iterations
out of 5,000

1 2 3 4 ... 12 ... 25 ... 38 ... 47 48 49 50

Collection “B“
50 items
5 items SELECTED
 Advanced Selection // Domains

1 2 3 4 ...... 97 98 99 100

Collection “A“
100 items 100 x 50 = 5,000 total Iterations

101 SELECTED (index from 0 to 100)

out of 5,000

1 2 3 4 ...... 47 48 49 50

Collection “B“
50 items
 Advanced Selection // Divisions + Domains

1 2 3 4 ... 50 ... 97 98 99 100

Collection “A“
100 items
3 items SELECTED 3x5= 15 Iterations
out of 5,000

1 2 3 4 ... 12 ... 25 ... 38 ... 47 48 49 50 11 SELECTED (index from 0 to 10)

out of 15

Collection “B“
50 items
5 items SELECTED